moonslav59
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You wanna bench our best hitter vs LHPs just to change the managers motto?
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He had a .428 OBP vs LHPs in 2023. (.371 BAbip v L and .224 v R) Sox OPS Leaders vs LHPs in 2023: .900 Turner (.317 BAbip) .828 Refsnyder (.371) .824 Devers (.302) .817 Casas (.296) .772 Reyes (.347) .756 Duvall (.353)- the guy many of us want back due to our weak area v L .746 Yoshida (.311) .609 Dugo (.263 and 3rd most PAs v L) 501 Wong (.263) 108 PAs was 6th most on the team He still has value, but only when batting vs LHPs. 2022-2023 OPS of Sox Players vs LHPs and under team control for 2024: 50+ PAs .889 Refsnyder .784 Devers .783 Story .777 Casas .772 Reyes .772 Dalbec .746 Yoshida .652 Dugo .611 Duran .477 Wong (.934 McGuire in 44 PAs- reverse split)
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I disagree, fully. You got guys on the bench- use them. Keep them fresh. Minimize weak spots in players you have. Yes, in theory, just put 9 guys in the line-up with no weaknesses on D or on splits. BTW, the 100 win Dodgers started Jason heywood in 98 games vs RHPs and 0 vs LHPs. Looks like a solid platoon, to me. Are they "small market?"
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Baseball America had him #10 in 2005: https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/prospects_mlb/2005~BA/
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But, when you say "They did not interview anyone else," you are the one making it sound like he was the one "sought after." You should add the part about "nobody else wanted to interview" for your point to mean what it seems you want it to mean.
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I could see a Refsnyder-Duran LF platoon or a Rafaela-Abreu CF platoon, but not both at the same time. If we trade Dugo and bring back Duvall. L- Duran in LF only (CF emergency) L- Abreu in CF & RF (if not on the farm) R- Ref in LF only R- Rafaela in CF (if not on the farm) R- Duvall in RF
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I said "possible" expectation... that we spend up to the tax line- maybe the up to but not passing the second one.
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I thought HRam was top 5 at the time of the trade. Oh well.
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I can't remember the last time it has happened. Many feel the Sox and AGon had a "wink-wink" deal in place, when we got him. No, I don't think Soto would agree to an extension, unless he felt it would be a top offer, anyway.
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He was asking about top prospects for 1 year players.
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My second point was about the extension being agreed upon as a condition of the trade.
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So, why keep saying "They never interviewed anyone else?"
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I still feel better thinking our team is top 4 in caliber. Plus, you build for that, knowing injuries or unexpected downturns can still make you a top 8 and a playoff team, where "anything can happen." Kinda what the Seattle GM let slip.
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I think he did a similar thing with Ben, but the miracle 2013 team swept it under the rug. Had 2021 not occurred, we'd probably be where we are today, after 2022.
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I'm tired of Kennedy, but without knowing who had a strong hand in some of the most egregious mistakes over the years, I'm not sure who and who should not go. Like others here, I think Romero should stay, but I don't really know what his influence has been for good and bad. Does anyone know? Many of the guys we are blaming for the current state of the team were also here for the 2016-2018 era.
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I'm still not sure why you keep harping on the "no other interviews" aspect of the Bloom signing. Are you envisioning some other candidate wowing JH so much he'd change his mind from someone he obviously wanted, badly. The top brass wanted Bloom. They wanted him, so much, they did not think anyone could be better.
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If an extension is agreed upon, it's not 1 year. Just a framework would not be good enough, agreed.
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He may not be top 5 in the upcoming winter rankings. Wasn't HanRam a top 5 prospect, when we traded him (and A Sanchez) for 1 year of Beckett (and salary dump Lowell?) We later extended Beckett.
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I don't think Yamamoto and Gray makes us a top 4-6 ring contender. It likely just makes us a strong playoff contender- maybe a favorite to win a WC slot. For those who believe in crapshoots, maybe that makes us a ring contender. Not me. If we add 3 SP'ers and bring Duvall back, we may be close to a top 5-8 contender. Maybe top 4, if almost everything goes right.
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The turn around has begun!
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He may very well think, all the guys he hired mostly did what he wanted them to do.
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Something it appears Bloom willingly accepted, four years ago.
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Or, if you have an extension framework worked out, which doesn't happen, anymore. BTW, I am not for trading Mayer for Soto. I was just saying it would not take the 3 prospects mentioned to get him. I doubt the Sox would offer him, anyway. They might give Dugo & Rafaela for him- maybe Yorke & Rafaela.
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That was not my "expectation," but it does fall within a possible financial expectation on winter spending. Trading Dugo's $9M (plus prospects) for $15M Burnes gets us an ace for $6M.
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We need to hit on our next longterm signing, which really has to be a SP'er. Yoshida Story ____? We can't go into 2025 with a 3rd questionable or deadweight deal on the books. Some are even questioning the Devers deal, despite his 126 OPS+, which is higher than his career OPS+ (124.)
